Emberiza cirlus - Cirl bunting - Zigolo nero

Emberiza cirlus

RECORDING 1
DATE/TIME: 16/june/2003 (7 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird is perched on the top of a bush in a hedgerow near a farm house. Zone with cultivated fields and deciduous woods. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42° 36'/LONG.E 11° 17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male - COMMENT: Spectrogram in red square and audio sample show only one song phrase, which is repeated over and over with slight variation in lenght. Figure B in the spectrogram page shows one song phrase uttered by a different male from the same zone. This second male utters the syllables with a faster rythm. Mean phrase lenght = 1.30 s (S.D.=0.17; n=12); mean interval between phrases = 7.36 s (S.D.=1.05; n=8), data from Poderone (3 birds). - MIC: (U)

RECORDING 2
DATE/TIME: 2/february/2003 (8 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird is perched on an oak tree in a cultivated field. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42° 36'/LONG.E 11° 17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: alarm / warning call uttered while I am approaching the bird. - SEX/AGE: unknown. - MIC: (U)

RECORDING 3
DATE/TIME: 17/june/2004 (11 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird is perched on an oak tree in a hedgerow between cultivated fields. Some other (2/3) cirl buntings are cached in the same hedgerow and answer to the first bird. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42° 36'/LONG.E 11° 17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: contact calls. - SEX/AGE: adult female. - COMMENT: The time intervals between calls have been reduced in the spectrogram and in the audio sample. Mean interval between calls = 2.92 s (S.D.=1.18; n=8). - MIC: (A)

RECORDING 4
DATE/TIME: 20/june/2004 (1 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird is perched on a small tree. Zone with rough ground and scattered bushes / copses near the top of Mount Labbro. - POSITION: Mount Labbro, LAT. N. 42 48'/ LONG. E 11 33' - ALTITUDE: +1100 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: Spectrogram in red square and audio sample show one song phrase in which syllables are uttered with a very fast rythm. Figure B shows a different phrase type uttered by another male from the same zone (in this case the rythm is slower). Note: four different males shown (Recording 1 and Recording 4) have four different phrase types. Mean phrase lenght = 1.65 s (S.D.=0.12; n=11); mean interval between phrases = 10.78 s (S.D.=1.56; n=9), data from Mount Labbro (3 birds). - MIC: (A)

RECORDING 5
DATE/TIME: 4/may/2007 (6.30 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird - not seen - is perched on a big oak tree in a hedgerow between cultivated fields. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42° 36'/LONG.E 11° 17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: Time intervals between song phrases have been reduced in the audio sample. Mean interval between phrases = 10.41 s (S.D.= 1.7; range= 7.5 / 17.9; n= 54); mean phrase lenght = 1.70 s (S.D.= 0.12; range= 1.5 / 2; n=62); data from 1 bird. This cut is part of a very long song bout, where the bird sings two different song types. - MIC: (A)

RECORDING 6
DATE/TIME: 4/may/2007 (7 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: Same bird as above in the same place. The bird utters a very long song bout and some brief "ssip" calls. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42° 36'/LONG.E 11° 17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: (alarm ?) calls. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: mean time interval between calls = 3.49 s (S.D.= 0.95; range= 0.8 / 4.7; n= 13); mean call lenght = 0.28 s (S.D.= 0.03; range= 0.23 / 0.34; n=13); data from 1 bird. - MIC: (A)

RECORDING 7
DATE/TIME: 5/july/2008 (6 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bunting is perched on the top of a died tree in a copse near the Perotto lake. - POSITION: Perotto Lake (an artificial reservoir with a barrage), LAT.N 42°37'/LONG.E 11°15' - ALTITUDE: +70 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: time interval between song phrases has been reduced in the audio sample. Mean interval = 7.90 s (S.D.= 1.46; range= 4.6 / 9.7; n= 10); mean phrase lenght = 1.75 s (S.D.= 0.23; range= 1.5 / 2.1; n=11); data from 1 bird. Background: Blackcap and Chaffinch song. Note the fast rhythm of this song. - MIC: (P)

RECORDING 8
DATE/TIME: 20/july/2010 (5.30 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bunting is perched on a telephone wire, near a panoramic road. Zone with maquis and rocky coast. - POSITION: Cala Moresca Monte Argentario (GR), LAT.N 42°25'/LONG.E 11° 05' - ALTITUDE: 150 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: This song type is slightly different from previous ones. Background: Blackcap and Chaffinch song. - MIC: (P)

RECORDING 9
DATE/TIME: 2/june/2011 (1 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird is perched on a tree of a hedgerow near a torrent bed. Zone with cultivated land, woods and rough land. - POSITION: Trasubbie stream near Baccinello, LAT.N 42°46'/LONG.E 11° 21' - ALTITUDE: 150 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: The rhythm of this song is quite slow. Time interval between song phrases has been reduced in the audio sample. Mean interval = 8.40 s (S.D.= 1.21; range= 7.1 / 9.5; n= 3); mean phrase lenght = 1.87 s (S.D.= 0.29; range= 1.6 / 2.3; n= 4); data from 1 bird. Background: Nightingale song. - MIC: (P)

RECORDING 10
DATE/TIME: 9/july/2011 (8 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird is perched on the top of a small heap of cut wood. Zone with cultivated fields and grazed meadows. - POSITION: Cornacchino near Castell'Azzara, LAT.N 42°45'/LONG.E 11° 40' - ALTITUDE: 800 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: Time interval between song phrases has been reduced in the audio sample. Mean interval = 7.99 s (S.D.= 1.12; range= 6.5 / 9.5; n= 8); mean phrase lenght = 1.78 s (S.D.= 0.15; range= 1.6 / 2.0; n= 9); data from 1 bird. - MIC: (P)

RECORDING 11
DATE/TIME: 24/april/2011 (11.30 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird (in sight) is perched on an elctric wire above an uncultivated field and a hedgerow. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42° 36'/LONG.E 11° 17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: The bird is on its habitual perch, probably not far from its nest site. Note the fast rhythm of these song phrases. Background Blackcap. - MIC: (P)

RECORDING 12
DATE/TIME: 22/october/2011 (6.30 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird (in sight) is perched on a small died tree in a mountain pasture with sparse rocks. - POSITION: Cornacchino near Castell'Azzara, LAT.N 42°45'/LONG.E 11° 40' - ALTITUDE: 800 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: Cirl buntings sing also outside the breeding season. This bird shows quite short song phrases. - MIC: (P)

RECORDING 13
DATE/TIME: 6/july/2014 (11.45 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird - not seen - is hidden in a hedgerow at the border of an uncultivated field. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42° 36'/LONG.E 11° 17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: full song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: A few song phrases with fast rhythm. Background: cicadas. - MIC: (P)

RECORDING 14
DATE/TIME: 21/december/2018 (8.15 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: The bird, not in sight, is perched in a hedgerow between a forest and an uncultivated field. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42° 36'/LONG.E 11° 17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: song. - SEX/AGE: adult(?) male. - COMMENT: Note the very fast rhythm of this song. There is also an unusual slight variation of rhythm and syllable shape in some song phrases (see spectrograms). This bird might be a juvenile that is training and is improving its singing ability. This audio was made with an automatic unattended recorder. - MIC: (WA)

RECORDING 15
DATE/TIME: 21/december/2018 (8.30 a.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: Same place as above and almost surely the same bird (not in sight). - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42° 36'/LONG.E 11° 17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: song. - SEX/AGE: adult(?) male. - COMMENT: The first five song phrases show a very slow rhythm and the syllable shape is different from the previous recording, but suddenly the bird resumes a fast song and reveals syllable shape (slightly variable) like recording 14. This audio sample is part of a longer recording (see spectrogram timeline) and it was made with an automatic unattended recorder. - MIC: (WA)

RECORDING 16
DATE/TIME: 16/april/2020 (5 p.m.) - IDENTIFICATION AND BEHAVIOUR: Near a small pond in the cultivated fields one Cirl bunting (not in sight) is singing. - POSITION: Poderone near Magliano in Toscana, LAT.N 42° 36'/LONG.E 11° 17'- ALTITUDE: +130 m. - VOCALIZATION TYPE: song. - SEX/AGE: adult male. - COMMENT: Note that the syllable type of these song phrases are different from all previous ones. Background: Goldfinch and Corn bunting. - MIC: (P)


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